Lantern



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32 Wilber W. Pr/ckeff Mona E. Pr/ckeff INVENTORS BY WWW 3% United States Patent LANTERN Wilber w. Prickett and Mona E. Prickett, San Diego, Calif.

Application March 17, 1953, Serial No. 342,914

2 Claims. (Cl. 240--51) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in lanterns, and the primary object of the present invention is to provide a lantern including a wick-containing, red plastic, cylindrical wall and novel and improved means for releasably securing the cylindrical wall to the body portion of the lantern.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide a lantern wherein the parts thereof are quickly and readily assembled or disassembled for repair and cleaning in a convenient manner.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a lantern embodying novel and improved air control means whereby the wick contained within the cylindrical transparent wall will burn for a relatively long period of time without becoming extinguished by wind draft or the like.

A still further aim of the present invention is to provide a lantern of the aforementioned character that is extremely simple and practical in construction, strong and reliable in use, efiicient and durable in operation, inexpensive to manufacture, and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

These, together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent, reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken substantially through the center of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a horizontal plan view taken substantially on the plane of section line 22 of Figure 1 and with parts of the base broken away and shown in section for the convenience of explanation;

Figure 3 is a group perspective view showing the cylindrical wall holding means and the guide dome for the wick;

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section line 44 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section line 55 of Figure 4; and

Figure 6 is an enlarged detail vertical sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section line 6-6 of Figure 2.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein, for the purpose of illustration, there is disclosed a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the numeral 10 represents a lantern including a hollow base 12 having a downwardly facing concavo-convexed upper wall 14 and a flat bottom wall 16. A perforated plate 18 underlies the wall 14 and is suitably peripherally secured to the base 12. The central portion of the wall 14 and the plate 18 are provided with registering apertures in which a wickholding tube 20 is suitably fixed. The wall 14 and plate 18 are also provided with registering apertures in which a filling tube 22 having a hinged cover 24 is suitably fixed.

2,728,846 Patented Dec. 27, 1955 The lower end of an open, substantially hemispherical wire cage 26 is hinged, as at 28, to the base for swinging movement toward and away from the base. A spring clip 30, attached to the base 12 diametrically opposite from the hinge 28, will engage the lower end of the cage 26 to retain the cage directly over the base 12 as shown in Figure 1.

The fluted flanged portion 32 of a sleeve 34 is suitably fixed to the convexed surface of wall 14. Sleeve 34 is provided with an upper oifset end portion 36 forming a seat for the lower end of a transparent cylindrical wall 38 as well as a perforated disk 40, the latter supporting the wall 38 in a substantially vertical position. Wall 38 is of red plastic material.

Means is provided for retaining the cylindrical wall 38 engaged with the sleeve 34. This means comprises a resilient spider member 42 having a flat hub portion 44 and a plurality of circumferentially spaced, radially projecting, substantially L-shaped arms 46. The hub portion 44 is secured by rivets or the like to the fiat wall of a cap member 48 fixed over the upper end of the cage 26, and the arms 46 yieldingly engage the upper edge of the wall 38 to urge the wall 38 against the plate 40.

A U-shaped bracket 49 is fixed to the tube 20 and its legs are apertured to rotatably support a horizontal rod 50 on which there is fixed a peripherally grooved roller 52. Roller 52 extends through a slot 54 in the tube 20 and engages the wick W and tube 28, so that as the rod is rotated the wick will be moved through the tube 20. The rod 50 projects radially outwardly through sleeve 34 and fixedly carries a finger knob 56 whereby the rod may be rotated.

The fluted flanged portion 58 of a wick guiding cone or dome 60 is suitably fixed to plate 40 over the upper end of tube 20 and is formed with an opening that receives the upper end of wick W.

A carrying chain 62 is attached to the cage 26, by suitable means, so that the lantern may be carried to a desired location for use.

The peripheral wall of base 12 is curved to form a continuation of the substantially hemispherical cage 26 whereby the lantern may roll if turned over without effecting a breakage of the transparent wall 38.

In order to ignite the wick W, it is merely necessary to release spring clip 30 from engagement with the cage 26 and swing the cage about the hinge means 28 whereby the member 42 will be moved from the upper end of the wall 38 so that a match may be inserted into the wall 38 for igniting the wick W which extends upwardly from the dome 60.

Air is admitted into the sleeve 34 by the hollow openended ribs on the flanged portion 32 and air may enter the wall 38 through the perforations in the plate 49 and the hollow open-ended ribs or flutes on the base 58 of dome 60. As the arms 46 do not completely close the upper end of the Wall 38, heated air may pass upwardly from the upper end of the wall 38.

The base 12 is filled with a suitable lighter fluid through the filling tube 22 so that the wick W will be saturated.

A suitable handle, such as the chain 62, may be conveniently secured to cage 26 as clearly seen on Figure 1.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A lantern comprising a hollow fluid-containing base including outer side portions defining a portion of a sphere having a flat bottom, a cage pivotally secured to and dis posed over the base defining a continuation of said side portions of said base and including a flat top, a rigid holding sleeve fixed to and extending upwardly from the base by means of a lower annular flange having radial grooves in communication with the inside of said sleeve, said sleeve having an offset upper end portion providing a peripheral shoulder, a perforated plate having a peripheral edge seated on said shoulder and including a central opening therein, a wick holding tube supported by the base and extending through the central opening of said plate, a transparent plastic cylinder having a lower edge seated upon the peripheral edge of said perforated plate and an upper edge in proximity with the flat top of said cage, resilient means carried by the cage engaging the upper edge of said cylinder to retain said cylinder and said plate in position with said sleeve, and a Wick guid ing cone having a fluted flanged base secured to said plate and including an opening for receiving the wick.

A lantern as set forth in claim 1 wherein said resilient means engaging the upper edge of said cylinder includes a resilient spider member having a flat hub portion secured to an underside portion of said fiat top of thecage in axial spaced relationship relative to said sleeve, said spider member including a plurality of circumferentially spaced substantially L-shaped spring arms projecting radially from said hub portion and yieldingly engaging the upper edge of said cylinder.

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